The story
Founded as People's Viennaline in 2010, the first revenue flight took place on 27 March 2011. For several years, People's only operated a single scheduled route between St. Gallen and Vienna. However, the route network has since been expanded with some seasonal and charter services to some Mediterranean holiday areas.
In November 2016, People's inaugurated the world's shortest international jet route (after St. Maarten-Anguilla, second shortest international route overall). The flight from St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport, Switzerland, to Friedrichshafen Airport, Germany, took only eight minutes over Lake Constance and was bookable individually. The airline faced severe criticism for this service from politicians and environmental organisations. This short leg was part of its then new St.Gallen/Altenrhein-Friedrichshafen-Cologne/Bonn service. However, this route was terminated entirely by mid-April 2017 due to low passenger numbers. Shortly after, the airline announced plans to terminate its last remaining route from Friedrichshafen to Vienna.
In May 2018, People's Viennaline announced a rebrand to the shortened People's in order to reflect their widened route network. In October 2019, the airline announced major restructuring measures mainly consisting of the phase-out of one of their two Embraer 170 regional jetliners and the closure of all charter operations departing from St. Gallen-Althenrhein airport.
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